Where will you find rock bands going up against jazz pianists, superheroes,and scheming women in beautiful dresses? At this year's Oscars. We're going totalk actors, directors, and much more. We'll also make some predictions, so wemight help you win your Oscars pool.

Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and K. Austin Collins discuss the film BohemianRhapsody, the bonkers true crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, and thedeath of the Mars rover Opportunity. In Slate Plus: what to make of themusician Ryan Adams after the sexual assault allegations against him. To skip our spoiler segment on Abducted in Plain S ...…

Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and K. Austin Collins discuss the film BohemianRhapsody, the bonkers true crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight, and thedeath of the Mars rover Opportunity. In Slate Plus: what to make of themusician Ryan Adams after the sexual assault allegations against him. To skip our spoiler segment on Abducted in Plain S ...…

Pop Culture Happy Hour is in its ninth year, so Linda decided to write a quizabout the ninth seasons of television shows. Stephen and Glen faced off againstone of our favorite podcast teams, Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of The Nod.This episode was recorded live at the Bell House in Brooklyn.

You want to be popular? You want your ideas to be heard? You want to get agreat job? Then Dale Carnegie has the tips for you! His best-selling self-helpvolume How to Win Friends and Influence People has been helping business menfor decades, so we decided to sit down and go over a few of the particulars. PSWe've also got a hot tip for anyone loo ...…

In this weeks episode, Willa Paskin is joined by Dana Stevens and RachelSyme to discuss the Netflix original series Russian Doll. What does this showhave to say about New York City? Would the show still work without NatashaLyonne? Will we watch the second season? Listen to them discuss Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt.…

Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the film If BealeStreet Could Talk, the TV phenomenon The Masked Singer with The Gist's MikePesca, and finally they deconstruct "The Stew"the viral recipe that'sseemingly everywhere. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses the plagiarismaccusations against Jill Abramson and her new book.…

Richard Wright's Native Son has been called a "pamphlet" or "protest novel" bywriters like James Baldwin, and while there are sections of the book thatjustify the label, Bigger Thomas and his deeds and motivations defy easysummation.

This year's awards were a big night for Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves.It was also a night of strong performances from artists like Janelle Monae andCardi B. And don't forget Diana Ross, who wished herself a happy birthday amonth and a half early.

This week on Spoiler Specials, Dana Stevens, Inkoo Kang and Forrest Wickmandiscuss Lego Movie 2:The Second Part. Is there any logic to the Lego universe?What does the movie have to say about toxic masculinity? And what was WNBAsuperstar Sheryl Swoopes doing there? Listen to them discuss below. Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt.…

The Lego Movie was a surprise commercial and critical hit. It starred ChrisPratt as an every-man construction worker named Emmet and Elizabeth Banks as arugged bad ass called Wyldstyle. Together, they saved the Lego world. Now, fiveyears later, Emmet is back and so is the fusillade of cameos, bothsurprising and not so surprising to take on a ne ...…

Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens discuss Netflix's seriesRussian Doll, the best-documentary nominee Minding the Gap, and Vanity Fair'slist of the 25 most influential movie scenes of the last 25 years with RichardLawson and K. Austin Collins. In Slate Plus: Is the Super Bowl in inevitabledecline?…

Another year, another Patriots Super Bowl win. But was it a high scoring game?It was not. In fact, no one had even scored a touchdown when Maroon 5 came outto headline the halftime show. We recap the game, the halftime show, and thecommercials.

Octavia Butler's Dawn imagines a future where humans are a rung lower on thefood chain than usual. And after nearly extinguishing itself in nuclear fire,humanity's only hope is a mysterious alien species that has rescued them forspecious reasons. It's a story about oppression and identity, bolstered byButler's excellent world-building. Note: Tu ...…

What doBohemian Rhapsody, Vice, and Green Book have in common? Two things:one, they're nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars; and two, they're basedon events in the lives of real people. Today, awards season leads us to a wide-reaching conversation on some very different movies.

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the Oscar-nominatedfilm Vice, the Netflix streamer Sexual Education, and what to make of Netflix's"ratings" numbers with Slate TV critic and the host of Decoder Ring, WillaPaskin. In Slate Plus, the panel discusses their own sexual educationexperiences.…

If you've noticed your friends have been a little more "tidy" than usual, oryour thrift store a bit better stocked, it might be because of Netflix. Thestreaming series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo has spurred an organizationalrenaissance. Or at least a conversation about one.

This week's book, which can be enjoyed by kingkillers and non-kingkillersalike, manages to be filled with meta-references to fantasy fiction withoutbeing annoying, which is rare enough to be the stuff of fantasy all by itself.

Odysseus is still old and Telemachus still wants to help kill suitors! Inthese episodes of our show-within-a-show, we cover books 16-19 of EmilyWilson's translation of The Odyssey. We've got beggars, sad dogs, Instagramfilters, and destructive nannies. What more could you want? Remember, somePatreon supporters get these episodes early every mon ...…

Alfonso Cuarn directed the award-winning film Gravityin 2013, and won anOscar for it. Now he's back with a movie that's equally ambitious, and muchmore personal. Roma is inspired by Alfonso Cuarn's childhood, and the movietells the story of Cleo, a nanny and housekeeper in 1970's Mexico City.

Despite how firm our opinions often seem when we first declare them, therehave been times when they've changed. During our recent live show at theBrooklyn Podcast Festival, we took a moment to talk about some things we havedifferent feelings on now then we once did.

This week on Spoiler Specials, Sam Adams teams up with Slate Senior EditorJeffrey Bloomer and the Editor in Chief of Screen Crush, Matt Singer to discussthe new M. Night Shyamalan movie, Glass. This is the third film in a trilogythat began with Unbreakable in 2000 and picked up again in 2016s Split. Thepremise of all three movies is that comic- ...…

Louise Erdirch's National Book Award-winning novel The Round House is thestory of a thirteen-year-old boy seeking justice for a terrible crime committedagainst his mother. Unfortunately, arcane laws and good old-fashioned racismstand in his way. It's a powerful book about one young man's growth, about thelimits of and hopes for tribal law, and ...…

In 2000, director M. Night Shyamalan presented Unbreakable, the story of twomen whose epic tales of good and evil collided. Then came 2016's Split, astealth sequel. Now, Shyamalan wraps up the trilogy with Glass.

In 2000, director M. Night Shyamalan presented Unbreakable, the story of twomen whose epic tales of good and evil collided. Then came 2016's Split, astealth sequel. Now, Shyamalan wraps up the trilogy with Glass.

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the Golden Globs-conquering film Green Book with Vanity Fair's K. Austin Collins, Netflix'sTidying Up with Marie Kondo, and the art of the pan and the state of the badreview in criticism. In Slate Plus, a bonus question left over from our holidaycall-in show.…

The Masked Singerisn't your everyday singing competition. Based on a SouthKorean format, each week we learn the identity of the elaborately costumed"celebrity" who gets voted off. So far, we've unmasked football player AntonioBrown, and comedian Tommy Chong.

The Masked Singerisn't your everyday singing competition. Based on a SouthKorean format, each week we learn the identity of the elaborately costumed"celebrity" who gets voted off. So far, we've unmasked football player AntonioBrown, and comedian Tommy Chong.

If you can't stand how hot these werewolves are, get out of the kitchen! Thisweek we head back to Forks for the third of the four main Twilight books, andwhile we had kind of made our peace with reading these in our New Moon episode,we question the wisdom of that decision this time around.

This week on Spoiler Specials, Sam Adams and Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk discuss the new Black Mirror interactive episode Bandersnatch.Do we really want interactive content from Netflix? Is there a base version ofBandersnatch? Does Black Mirror have to always assume the worst possibleoutcome? Make the decision and listen to them di ...…

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Stephen Metcalf discuss the court farce TheFavourite, the awards frontrunner Roma, and the year in movies and Slate'sMovie Club. In Slate Plus: the panel discuss their favorite European film.

Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody unexpectedly won big. So did thanking yourparents and going on just a little too long. It's the wee hours of Mondaymorning, and we are wrapping up this year's big winners and big surprises.

Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody unexpectedly won big. So did thanking yourparents and going on just a little too long. It's the wee hours of Mondaymorning, and we are wrapping up this year's big winners and big surprises.

How is sex different than love? Is privacy a necessity for human identity? Forpolitical identity? DOES GOD POOP? With the help of Milan Kundera, we attemptto answer these questions and more in this bonus episode on his classic novelThe Unbearable Lightness of Being. Also, be sure to listen post-outro toexperience the horrors of a Google Hangout ...…

The sci-fi series Black Mirror has always been about changing technology andits usually dark implications for the future. Its latest episode, Bandersnatch,is itself the result of new technology developed at Netflix. As you watch it,you make your own on-screen choices that determine which of several possibleendings you reach.…

The sci-fi series Black Mirror has always been about changing technology andits usually dark implications for the future. Its latest episode, Bandersnatch,is itself the result of new technology developed at Netflix. As you watch it,you make your own on-screen choices that determine which of several possibleendings you reach.…

Dana Stevens hosts a selection of a few of our favorite Slate Plus bonussegments. You'll hear Steve, Julia and Dana on being reunited with favoritechildhood books, the great book vs. movie debate, the pain of writing a bookwith Sam Anderson, and whether to power through a book you don't like withWilla Paskin.…

Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine at the end of its fifth season, but much toour delight, NBC picked it back up again. It's coming back for a sixth seasonstarting on January 10th, and we thought that would make it just the right timeto revisit our conversation about it.

Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine at the end of its fifth season, but much toour delight, NBC picked it back up again. It's coming back for a sixth seasonstarting on January 10th, and we thought that would make it just the right timeto revisit our conversation about it.

This week we're joined by friend of the show (and one half of the hitnewsletter Two Bossy Dames) Sophie Brookover to talk about Vladimir Nabokov'sepic literary troll novel Pale Fire. The author may be dead and the reader ismost certainly bad, but that doesn't mean we can't have a great time talkingabout Vera Nabokov, John Shade stans, and botch ...…

This week on Spoiler Specials, Dan Kois and TV editor at the New York Times,Aisha Harris, discuss Mary Poppins Returns. How does the film stack up to theoriginal? How bad is Lin Manuel-Mirandas cockney accent? Is there a biggerconspiracy behind Julie Andrews declining to cameo? Listen to them discuss!Podcast production by Danielle Hewitt.…

Today, we look back on our 2018 resolutions to see how we fared, and make somenew ones for the year to come. We also make our fearless pop culturepredictions for the next 12 months, and see how last year's predictions pannedout.

Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens gather around the holidayhearth to answer listener questions in our annual call-in special! They answerquestions about hobbies, British imports (with guest June Thomas), how havingchildren has changed their cultural diet, and much more. Due to some technicaldifficulties, we connected to Julia for ...…

The animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse focuses on one of the Spider-People who has come along in the years since the world first met Peter Parker,in 1962. In the film, Miles Morales is a Brooklyn teenager who acquires spider-powers at the same time he discovers that there are other versions of himselfacross alternate dimensions.…

The animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse focuses on one of the Spider-People who has come along in the years since the world first met Peter Parker,in 1962. In the film, Miles Morales is a Brooklyn teenager who acquires spider-powers at the same time he discovers that there are other versions of himselfacross alternate dimensions.…

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